Ian McHugh

McHugh's first story was published in 2004, entitled "The Alchemical Automaton Blues" which was published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #15.^[1] His first win came with his story "Bitter Dreams" which won the 2008 Writers of the Future grand prize.^[2] It was also a nominee for the writers of the Future 3rd quarter at the same awards and was a short-list nominee for the 2008 Aurealis Award for best horror short story.^[2] In 2009 McHugh's "Once a Month, On a Sunday" was a joint-winner for the 2009 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story.^[3] McHugh currently lives in Canberra, Australia and is a member of the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild.^[4]

Collections

• Angel Dust (2014)^[5]

Stories^[6]

• McHugh, Ian (2004). "The Alchemical Automaton Blues". Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. 15.
• "The Last Day of Rea" (2006) in All Star Stories presents: Twenty Epics
• "The Greatest Adventure of All" (2007) in Coyote Wild Vol. 1 No. 4, Autumn 2007
• "Grace" (2007) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #28 (ed. Zara Baxter)
• "The Dao of Stones" (2007) in Challenging Destiny #24
• "Requiem in D-minor (for prions, whale and burning bush)" (2007) in Hub #24
• "The Greatest Adventure of All" (2007) in Coyote Wild, Autumn 2007
• "Bitter Dreams" (2008) in Writers of the Future XXIV (ed. Algis Budrys)
• "Stiletto" (2009) in GUD #4
• "Angel Dust" (2009) in Clockwork Phoenix 2
• "Sleepless in the House of Ye" (2009) in Asimov's Science Fiction July 2009 (ed. Sheila Williams)
• "Once a Month, On a Sunday" (2009) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #40
• "Songdogs" (2009) in Beneath Ceaseless Skies #27
• "The Gifts of Avalae" (2010) in Blood & Devotion
• "Annicca" (2010) in Greatest Uncommon Denominator #6
• "Red Dirt" (2010) in Beneath Ceaseless Skies 58
• "Interloper" (2011) in Asimov's Science Fiction January 2011
• "Boumee and the Apes" (2011) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2011
• "The Wishwriter's Wife" (2011) in Daily Science Fiction July 2011
• "The Navigator and the Sky" (2012) in Giganotosaurus 1 July 2012
• "Linger" (2012) in AntipodeanSF September 2012
• "From Sorrow's Gate" (2013) in Crowded Issue 1
• "Vandiemensland" (2013) in Next
• "Grey Snow in the Shadows" (2013) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #58
• "Cold, Cold War" (2013) in Beneath Ceaseless Skies 123
• "The Canal Barge Magician's Number Nine Daughter" (2013) in Clockwork Phoenix 4
• "When the Rain Comes" (2013) in Asimov's Science Fiction October-November 2013
• "Extracted Journal Notes for an Ethnography of Bnebene Nomad Culture" (2014) in Asimov's Science Fiction January 2014
• "Almost Angels" (2014) in Angel Dust
• "Apricot Finds a Treasure" (2014) in Angel Dust
• "The Beetle Road" (2014) in Angel Dust
• "The Tax Collector of Rhuin" (2014) in Angel Dust
• "When the Rain Comin" (2014) in Angel Dust
• "Demons Enough" (2015) in Beneath Ceaseless Skies 185
• "Tolerance" (2016) in In Your Face
• "The Baby Eaters" (2016) in Asimov's Science Fiction January 2016
• "Seraph" (2017) Heroic Fantasy Quarterly May 2017
• "Triceratops (2017) in Asimov's Science Fiction May-June 2017
• "Monsters Exist" (2017) in Pseudopod 546
• "The Wanderers" (2017) in Giganotosaurus August 2017
• "Story with Two Names" (2019) in Asimov's Science Fiction July-August 2019